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10 THE ROAD AHEAD FEB/MAR 2016
NEWS
FEATURE
THERACQ IS inviting members to
help identify the state’s worst roads
and make suggestions on how they
can be improved.
With the launch of its Unroadworthy
Roads Survey for 2016, the RACQ hopes
to find out which roads have been causing
motorists the most grief on a day-to-day
basis.
RACQ Senior Traffic and Safety
Engineer, Greg Miszkowycz, said the last
Unroadworthy Roads Survey in 2011
had identified 2174 nominations relating
to 500-plus inadequate or substandard
roads. Of these, 473 had branded
the Bruce Highway the state’s most
unroadworthy road, and the Warrego
Highway second with more than 320
nominations.
“All six sections of the Bruce Highway
from Brisbane to Cairns featured in the
top 10 worst state and national network
roads,” Mr Miszkowycz said.
“Three sections of the Warrego
Highway from Ipswich to Charleville
also featured heavily. Together, the two
highways accounted for nine of the top 10
worst roads in Queensland.”
Respondents identified similar issues
along both the Bruce and Warrego
highways, highlighting rough and narrow
road surfaces with poor shoulders, lack
of overtaking opportunities, and flooding
issues.
But Mr Miszkowycz said the good news
was that the Federal and Queensland
Governments had subsequently allocated
substantial funding for improvements
to both highways that had delivered
excellent outcomes in the past two years
(see story about the Bruce Highway on
pages 8-9).
Mr Miszkowycz encouraged motorists to
complete the latest Unroadworthy Roads
survey at racq.com/badroads. He said the
survey, which would be available online from
February 1-28, was fully electronic with a
Google Maps function to make it more
user-friendly for respondents.
“Motorists can easily pinpoint problem
roads on the map and it shouldn’t take
more than a few minutes to complete,”
Mr Miszkowycz said.
“We have been conducting this survey on
a regular basis since 2001 and we provide
the results to governments at all levels to
support road improvements. It really does
have the capacity to save multiple lives, so
we encourage Queenslanders to voice their
concerns.”
For more information about the survey,
call RACQ’s Technical and Safety Policy
Department on 3872 8922. n
ARE THERE ROADS IN YOUR AREA THAT ARE FULL OF POTHOLES, TOO NARROW, LACK
PROPER SIGNAGE, OR ARE JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS? WELL, NOW IS THE TIME
TO TELL THE RACQ ABOUT THEM.
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